Vision
Nurses transforming health for families worldwide.
Mission
The mission of the International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) is to transform family health by:
- Serving as a unifying force and voice for family nursing globally;
- Sharing knowledge, practices, and skills to enhance and nurture family nursing practice; and,
- Providing family nursing leadership through education, research, scholarship, socialization and collegial exchange on all aspects of family nursing.
Message from Dr. Jane Lassetter (USA), IFNA President (2017-2019)
I had to hold back tears as I gazed at the IFNC13 welcome reception’s audience filled with family nurses who waved their flags as each of their 30 countries was represented. That tender moment was followed by three days of excellent keynote speeches, expert lectures, special sessions, breakout sessions, and opportunities for networking. For me, and I hope for you, it was a feast of learning, sharing, and growing. I returned home invigorated at the prospects for the International Family Nursing Association and ways we, individually and collectively, can practice, learn, and research the art and science of family nursing to transform family health worldwide.
Read more: Dr. Jane Lassetter, Message from the IFNA President
IFNA Limited Membership Drive: June 1 – October 30, 2017
The IFNA Membership Committee is delighted to announce the launch of a new membership recruitment effort, The Limited Membership Drive. IFNA members will be rewarded for recruiting new members. This campaign is designed to increase new IFNA members and grow our international family nursing community. [Read more]
IFNA Statement on recent violence around the world
In recent days and weeks, members of the International Family Nursing Association have been deeply saddened by the heinous attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, Spain; Charlottesville, Virginia; and London and Manchester, England. We recognize the many families directly impacted by such violence. We want to express our deepest sympathy to the families and all those touched by these senseless acts of violence. We call on family nurses everywhere to speak out against such acts of hate-filled violence and to strengthen our efforts and resolve to advocate and care for all patients and families with respect, dignity, and a deep appreciation of our shared humanity. We encourage family nurses to support all families in their difficulties. A link to helpful resources identified by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is below.
Dr. Jane H. Lassetter, President
IFNA Response to the Recent Executive Order in the United States Regarding Immigration and Refugees
This document can be retrieved from: http://conta.cc/2kDXYUA
The world is experiencing a significant time of political instability and divisiveness. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the United States with the recent executive order barring people from designated countries entry into the United States. The executive order created chaos and suffering for families, which concerns the International Family Nursing Association.
The International Family Nursing Association is a community of family nurse clinicians, teachers, and scholars who value the uniqueness of each and every family. Our mission is to transform family health globally by serving as a unifying force and voice for family nursing; sharing knowledge, practices, and skills to nurture family nursing practice; and, providing leadership in relation to all aspects of family nursing. Honoring diversity is a cornerstone of family nursing.
We support nurses worldwide who care for, teach about, and learn from families, particularly those families experiencing the trauma and uncertainties of displacement and separation. The following resources may be useful to you as you undertake this critically important work.
IFNA Response to the Global Refugee Crisis: Caring for Refugee Families: This initiative was requested by IFNA President Carole Robinson and is meant to serve as a toolkit of resources for family nurses around the world who are caring for refugee families: “Family nurses have always been in a unique position to assist families who are experiencing physical, psychological, relational, and/or spiritual distress of forced migration and displacement due to armed conflict, violence, persecution, poverty, and disaster.”
National Council on Family Relations
Updated Bylaws
The proposed Bylaws changes were accepted by the Membership in August, 2017, click here for the updated bylaws.
Strategic Plan 2016 – 2019
The IFNA Board of Directors is pleased to share the IFNA Strategic Plan 2016 – 2019. The board took an innovative approach to the development of the strategic plan based on the work each IFNA committee did in creating their Terms of Reference. In other words, it was developed from the ‘ground up.’ We reviewed each committee’s terms of reference and, based on their vision and creativity, drew our organizational goals for moving forward. You can find the Terms of Reference for each committee on the respective committee page on the IFNA website.
Click here to see the IFNA Strategic Plan.
IFNA Position Statements
NEW International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Position Statement on Advanced Practice Competencies for Family Nursing developed by the IFNA Family Nursing Practice Committee.
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Position Statement on Generalist Competencies for Family Nursing Practice developed by the IFNA Family Nursing Practice Committee.
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Position Statement on Pre-Licensure Family Nursing Education developed by the IFNA Family Nursing Education Committee.
Share the new IFNA infographic about the IFNA Position Statement on Pre-Licensure Family Nursing Education with your colleagues and in your social media channels.
IFNA Responds to the Global Refugee Crisis: Caring for Refugee Families
The IFNA Board of Directors met on September 10, 2015 and one of our topics of discussion was the terrible trauma and suffering being lived out by so many families in our global community who are displaced and separated by war, violence, and poverty. As a committed community of family nursing scholars and clinicians, how can we respond in a meaningful way?
The IFNA Practice Committee has now developed a respository of useful resources: Caring for Refugee Families.
IFNA Reach Statistics 2016
The IFNA Reach Statistics 2016 document the growing influence of @IFNAorg and #familyhealth #familynursing #familyhealing compared to 2015. [Read more]
Become an IFNA Member today
IFNA needs YOU – YOU need IFNA. Learn more about becoming a member of the International Family Nursing Association. If you are currently an IFNA member, please create your own unique Online Community Profile. This will help make your work in family nursing more visible to other IFNA members and provide opportunities to share your resources and gifts.
New IFNA Video Productions Available on IFNA YouTube Channel
Videos of IFNA members talking about their ideas for family nursing education, practice, and research are available on the IFNA YouTube Channel. They are a useful resource for IFNA members and offer a public identity for Family Nursing. … [read more]. IFNA members are invited to contribute a video production and help grow the content on the IFNA YouTube channel.
Using Social Media to Make #FamilyNursing More Visible:
Recommended Social Media Hashtags
Recommended Social Media HashtagsWhen posting #familynursing content on social media sites, please consider using the following hashtags:
